Feed trough for chicks



Julie 26, 1923. 1,460,350

' v L. OAIKES FEED THOUGH FOR CHICKS Filed May 5, 1922 INVENTOR.

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Patented June 26, 1923.

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LUCIAN a. CAKES, or 'rIrrou nIANa, Assrer on T wa onnns MANUFACTURINGcoMrANY, or r r r'o v, nnm n, A CORPORATION or INDIANA.

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Application filed m y T 0 (all whom it may concern Be it known that I,LUcIAN R. OAKns, a citizen of the United States, residing at Tipton, inthe county of Tiptonand State of 5 Indiana, have invented'certain newand use ful Improvements in Feed Troughs for Chicks, of which thefollowing is aspecification.

This invention relates to feed troughs and is designed primarily forfeeding very small chicks, one object of the inventionbeing in formingthe body of the trough in one piece, the ends of which are soconstructedthat one trough will nest within'the other while being shipped.

A further feature of the invention is in so constructing the ends of thetrough that the covering for the trough will extend downwardly at anangle from the longitudinal central line of the cover.

A further feature of the invention is in so constructing the cover thatit can be readily engaged with or disengaged from the trough.

And a still further feature of the invention is the provision ofopenings in the cover through which the chick may extend its head forreceiving the food within the trough.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter more fully set forthand pointed out in the accompanying specification.

I11 the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the trough with a portion of the coverbroken away,

Figure 2 is a detail longitudinal sectional view through the trough, and

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view thereof.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates the body of the trough, which ispreferably constructed of sheet metal, the ends 2 thereof being integralwith the bottom and side walls of the body, the central portions of saidend sections being preferably higher than their extremities so that saidends will taper downwardly in each direction from their centers to thepoint of their connection with the side walls of the body 1, and as thetroughs are preferably stamped out, the ends 2 are provided with aplurality of convolutions or corrugations 3 which compensate for andtake-up the excess metal occasioned by the shaping of the ends of thetrough. To prevent the fowls from bodily entering 1922. Serial No.553,723.

the trough and thereby wasting or destroymg food contained therein, acover 4 is placed over the trough, said cover being inclined downwardlyfrom its longitudinal center in conformity with the inclination of thetop edges of the ends 2, the said edges of the cover having flanges 5which are soarranged as to have sliding engagement with the side walls 6of the body 1 and as said side walls are preferably flared outwardly,the cover 4 will be securely held in position over the trough. Eachinclined face of the cover 4 is provided with a plurality of openings 7which are preferably oblong and of such dimensions that the fowl mayenter its head through the opening to obtain the food within the trough,but such fowl cannot bodily enter the trough thereby protecting the foodagainst wastage and adulteration. The cover 4 is also preferably stampedand made in one piece, and in order to reinforce the cover and preventthe same being mashed in, a longitudinal rib 8 is formed at the apex ofthe cover, and radiating from this rib are transverse ribs 9 whichextend from the rib 8 to points adjacent the outer edges of the cover.

If preferred, the ends of the cover 4 may be provided with serrations 10which correspond to and fit over the ends of the corrugations of the end2 of the body portion 1, consequently the ends of the cover will havethe same symmetrical outline as the ends of the body of the trough.

In placing food within the trough the cover 4 may he slipped endwisefrom off the trough and after the food is placed within the body 1 thecover may be returned to position over the body, and by forming the sidewalls 6 of the trough relatively lower than the end walls and incliningthe walls of the cover, the lower ends of the opening 7 will berelatively nearer the ground, consequently a very small chick may obtainfood from the trough.

Having thus fully, described my said invention, what I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a feed trough, a body having integral outwardly flared ends andside walls, the side walls of which are of less height than the heightofthe ends, the top edges of said end walls being inclined downwardlyfrom their centers, a cover having flanges thereon for holding the coverin position over the body, said cover being inclined from itslongitudinal center to its outer edges and said inclined portions havinga plurality of openings therethrough, slagid inclined top edges of theend Walls fitting against the inclined faces of said cover.

2. In a feed trough, a body having integral side and end Walls, whichare outwardly flared from their lower to their upper ends, said endsbeing substantially semi-circular in horizontal section, each end Wallhaving a plurality of corrugations, and a cover for said body, saidcover being inclined from its longitudinal center toits outer edges, thetop edges of the end Walls extending above the side Walls and havingtheir top edges inclined at substantially the same inclination as theinclined portions of the cover and closing the spaces at the ends of thecover, the ends of the cover having the same curvature as the curvatureof the top edges of said end Walls.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Tipton,Indiana, this 28th day'of April, A. D. nineteen hundred and twenty-two.

LUCIAN R. OAKES. [1,. s] lVitnesses:

J R NBASGER, T. B, BANHOLOMEW.

